The Arbitration Court of Irkutsk Region declared bus route No. 80k illegal, and from August 17, 2015 it will no longer run in the city. Buses have been removed from the register, and bailiffs must enforce the ruling. The article also describes regular inspections of passenger buses. In summer, hundreds were checked in Irkutsk, and dozens were towed for steering defects.

By order of the Arbitration Court of the Irkutsk Region, bus route 80k stopped operating in the city as of August 17, 2015. The court’s decision is this: the route is illegal and will no longer operate.
Bus No. 80k has already been removed from the register of city transport routes, so as of today its vehicles must be taken off the road by their owners. Bailiffs are to ensure this decision is carried out.
It is possible that the drivers of this route will be transferred to work on other buses.

-Together with the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, we constantly conduct raids to identify faulty passenger buses, — says Yulia Gordina, head of the transport department of the city improvement committee of the Irkutsk city administration. — In the period from June 11 to August 6 of this year, 20 raids were conducted and 449 buses were inspected, 88 buses were towed away due to faulty steering.